Early NASA effort

Posted on October 24, 2010 | Comments Off on Early NASA effort

nasaLittle known outside of a select few Civil War buffs was the early Union space program designed to put an abolitionist on the streets of Richmond, if not the moon. Heck, they’d take either one. It was for sure their generals weren’t getting it done. Didn’t work, of course, or history would have recorded it. Uh, maybe.

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0 responses to “Early NASA effort”

  1. SnoopyTheGoon's avatar SnoopyTheGoon | October 24, 2010 at 8:26 am |

    Ha ha! It was probably too secret to be put on paper…

    Accidentally, what is that creature sitting on the cannon? Looks like a crow.

  2. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | October 24, 2010 at 12:06 pm |

    I believe that was the pet vulture of the director (standing at right), an unfortunate choice of bird, as some later said, as it seemed to forecast the death of the program. Or, at least, the abolitionist.

  3. David All's avatar David All | October 29, 2010 at 10:09 pm |

    Bad, Dick, Very, Very Bad! (laughing)

  4. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | October 30, 2010 at 1:41 am |

    It was tough being an abolitionist at any time. Did you know they were, in the late Seventeenth Century, called “barkers.” Something to do, I believe, with a sound they made.